Box and support



M. M. TIERNEY BOX AND SUPPORT Dec, 19, 1950 Filed Nov. 12, 1946 awe/MM MARCUS N. TlERNEY Patented Dec. 19, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT orrlca BOX AND SUPPORT Marcus M. Tierney, St.l?aul, Minn.

Application November 12, 1946, Serial No. 709,305

(Cl. 24S-311 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a container, and while the invention is applicable to many forms of containers, it is illustrated as applied to a container of elongated and substantially paralleloplped form. Such containers or boxes are now used to contain many articles-or substances, and one common article marketed in such a container is the well known piece of crepe or tissue paper to be used for a napkin or other purpose.

It is an object of this invention to provide a container adapted to contain various articles, ineluding a piece of tissue or crepe paper, said container having an opening at one side through which said articles can be removed, and having another fiat side with a sheet of material partially covering said side, the same having a free edge extending from one edge of said side to the opposite edge preferably in a diagonal line.

It is another object of the invention to provide a container of general parallelopiped form, which container has an opening at one side through which the contents may be removed, and having a sheet of material partially covering one large side thereof, said sheet having a free edge extending diagonally from one edge of said side to the opposite edge of said side whereby a plate-like member can be inserted under said sheet and form a support for said container.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a container made of sheet material preferably 3,

of parallelepiped form, the same having an opening at one side through which the contents may be removed, said container having another side formed by the sheet from which it is made, said sheet being provided with a slit extending from one edge of said latter side to the opposite edge preferably in a diagonal direction whereby a plate-like support can be inserted through said slit and under a portion of said side to form a support for said container.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully set forth in the following description made in connnection with the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a container made in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a view in end elevation as seen from the right of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a support for said container;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the container supported on the sunshield of an automobile;

Fig. 5 is a view showing a portion of an automobile in vertical section showing the container of this invention supported on the sunshield thereof; and

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. l, partly in vertical section showing a modification.

Referring tothe drawings, a container It is shown, and while this might take various forms, in the embodiment of the invention illustrated it is shown as a box-like container or an elongated container of general parallelopiped form. The various sides of said container are in the form of rectangles. While container it could have various kinds of contents, in the embodiment of the invention illustrated it is adapted to contain pieces of tissue, crepe or other paper adapted to be used as napkins, etc. Container ill is provided on one flat side with an elliptical or oblong open ing llia. Said opening may be formed by a. portion of the box being perforated with a row of spaced perforations defining said opening so that said portion may be readily removed when the contents are to be removed. Such containers carrying such pieces of paper are now in common use. In accordance with the present invention said container has at one fiat side, preferably the side opposite opening Illa, a sheet of material it which partially covers the large side lib of said container and has a free edge I in extending from one edge or side of the side lob to the opposite edge or side thereof, said edge 4 la preferably ex tending diagonally to or at an angle to the long edges of side lllb. Sheet H is shown as having narrow rectangular portions Nb and Me which are secured to the adjacent side and end respectively of said container in any suitable manner, as by an adhesive. With said container provided with the sheet II it will be obvious that a platelike member, such as the plate l2 which will have a width slightly less than the width of side Hlb, can be inserted under the sheet II and between the same and side lllb and form a support for said container. Plate I2 is shown as having a thickened portion l2a and said plate can be secured to a wall or other support by fastening means extending through holes 121). The containers it! can be readily placed on and removed from said support when desired.

With the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the container can also be very readily supported upon one end of a sunshield l3 of an auto-mobile. Such sunshades are usually carried on a rod I4 which is adapted to be rotated through 90 degrees or more to bring the sunshield into raised inoperative position or into lowered operative position.

In Fig. 5 such a sunshield is shown as having the rod l4 provided with a ball Ma which is suitably clamped in a bracket l5 secured adjacent the top of the automobile at one side of the transparent windshield l6. When the sun vizor i3 is swung downwardly, container [0 will be in a position shown in Fig. 4, so that the pieces of paper or napkins can be readily removed through the opening lila. When the sunshield I 3 is swung upwardly, the container ID Will be in the rear thereof and will be out of the way and out of sight.

In Fig. 6 a container 20 is shown, shaped similarly to that shown in Fig. 1, and said container is made of sheet material, the sheet of which said material is made forming the larger opposite sides. Instead of having a separate sheet, such as sheet H, secured to side 20a, one side of said container such as the top 200. is continued to overlie the flat side 2% and form the extension 200 which partially covers side 2012 and has the edge 20d extending diagonally from edge to edge of side 20a. With such a construction it will be readily seen that a plate-like member canbe inserted under portion 280 and be disposed between the same and the side 2% and thus form a sup port for the container. Such a plate-like member could take various forms, as the plate 52 illustrated or the sunshield l3.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided an extremely simple yet highly efficient structure of container provided with a means for receiving a supporting member. The container can be produced at a very slight increase in cost and will has a high degree of utility. Such a support as member l2 could be disposed in a Washroom or bathroom and support the container so that the contents would be readily accessible. As stated, the container can be conveniently placed on the sunshield of an automobile. The contents will then be very accessible to the driver or occupant of the car by merely lowering the sunshield. If desired the box or container could be placed on the front of the sunshield so as to always be in accessible position. The containers or packages will be sold with the invention applied thereto so that they are already in condition to be conveniently and efficiently supported. The device has been amply demonstrated in actual practice and found to be very successful and efiicient.

It will of course be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions of the parts, without departing from the scope of applicants invention, which generally stated, consists in a device capable of carrying out the objects above set forth, in the parts and combinations of parts disclosed and defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A container of substantially parallelopiped form having its larger opposite sides of rectangular form and made of sheet material, the same being adapted to contain sheets of soft paper, said container having an opening in one of said sides of rectangular form for removal of said sheets, said container having a separate layer of sheet material partially covering the other of said rectangular sides, the same having an edge extending from a point at one side thereof spaced a distance from one end of said container to a point on the opposite side spaced a much lesser distance from said end so that said edge extends at an angle to the long edges of said other side, said layer having portions secured to the adjacent side and end of said container, the portion of said layer overlying said other rectangular side being separate from said other rectangular side whereby a pocket is formed between said rectangular side and said layer, said pocket being adapted to receive a portion of a rigid rectangular member overlying said rectangular side whereby said container may be supported.

2. A container of substantially parallelepiped form and of less depth than width and much greater length than width whereby the same has opposite sides of rectangular shape, the same being made of cardboard, being adapted to contain sheets of soft paper and having an opening at one of said rectangular sides through which the contents may be removed, a sheet of material extending over, free from, and partially covering the opposite large side and having its edge extending in an inclined direction across said larger side whereby a plate-like member of rectangular form can be inserted under said sheet and against said rectangular side to support said container.

MARCUS M. TIERNEY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 945,710 Doxsee Jan. 4, 1910 2,395,592 Tierney Feb. 26, 1946 2,418,421 Murray Apr. 1, 1947 

